2007 CECAFA Cup

2007 CECAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
Dates	8 – 22 December
Teams	11 (from CECAFA confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sudan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Rwanda
Third place	Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	62 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abd El Hamid Amari (6)

The 2007 CECAFA Cup is the 31st edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa.

All matches are to be played from 8 December 2007 - 22 December 2007 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania.

Information

• The Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup received a major boost on Tuesday after clinching a US$4m four-year sponsorship deal with Gateway TV (GTV).
• The winner of this year's competition will receive $30,000, the second-placed team will be given $20,000, with $10,000 going to the side that comes third.
• Sudan fielded mostly their youth players ('B' team), with some senior players.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Burundi	7	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Tanzania	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Kenya	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Somalia	0	3	0	0	3	0	6	-6

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8 December 2007	Tanzania	2 - 1	Kenya	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Nizar Khalfan  16' (pen.) Danny Mrwanda  89'	Report	Allan Wanga  45'

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10 December 2007	Somalia	0 - 3	Burundi	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report	Aime Nzohabonayo  19' Seleman Ndikumana  77'  82'

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12 December 2007	Kenya	0 - 1	Burundi	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report	Henry Mbazumutima  33'

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12 December 2007	Tanzania	1 - 0	Somalia	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Michael Chuma  65'	Report

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14 December 2007	Kenya	2 - 0	Somalia	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	John Mwangi  45' Allan Wanga  55'	Report

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15 December 2007	Tanzania	0 - 0	Burundi	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uganda	6	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8
Rwanda	6	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8
Eritrea	6	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1
Djibouti	0	3	0	0	3	2	19	-17

• Uganda won group on better head-to-head record against Rwanda.

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9 December 2007	Uganda	7 - 0	Djibouti	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Hamis Kitagenda  18',  20',  37' Danny Wagaluka  40' Ronald Maganga  45' Tony Odur  60' Vincent Kayizzi  80'	Report

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9 December 2007	Rwanda	2 - 1	Eritrea	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Haruna Niyonzima  6' Kamana Bokota  41'	Report	Berhane Aregaye  38'

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11 December 2007	Djibouti	2 - 3	Eritrea	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Ahmed Daher  71' Mohammed Kader  86'		Berhane Aregaye  6' Yidnekachew Shimangus  46' Jonas Fesehaye  69'

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11 December 2007	Rwanda	0 - 2	Uganda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
			Simon Masaba 69' Assani Bajope 86'

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13 December 2007	Djibouti	0 - 9	Rwanda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report	Olivier Karekezi  17',  84' Abdi Ahmed  25' (o.g.) Kamana Bokota  38',  42',  77' Roger Tuyisenge  47' Elias Uzamukunda  54' Hegman Ngoma  61'

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14 December 2007	Eritrea	3 - 2	Uganda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Elmon Temekribon  53',  62' Samuel Ghebrehine  82'	Report	Ronald Maganga  54' Danny Wagaluka  74'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zanzibar	4	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
Sudan	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Ethiopia	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2

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9 December 2007	Sudan	2 - 2	Zanzibar	Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha
	Abdelhamid Amari  55',  80'	Report	Ali Mkweche  60' Abdullah Juma  84'

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13 December 2007	Zanzibar	3 - 1	Ethiopia	Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha
	Nassor Masoud  18' Abdi Kassim  64' Ahmed Ali  75'	Report	Behailu Demeke  39'

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15 December 2007	Ethiopia	0 - 0	Sudan	Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha
		Report

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 17 - Dar es Salaam
	Sudan	2
					December 19 - Dar es Salaam
	Tanzania	1
					Sudan	2
	December 17 - Dar es Salaam
					Burundi	1
	Burundi	2
									December 22 - Dar es Salaam
	Eritrea	1
									Sudan	2 (4)
	December 18 - Dar es Salaam
									Rwanda	2 (2)
	Uganda	1 (4)
					December 20 - Dar es Salaam
	Kenya	1 (2)
					Uganda	0			Third place
	December 18 - Dar es Salaam
					Rwanda	1 aet
	Zanzibar	0 (4)							Burundi	0
	Rwanda	0 (5)							Uganda	2
									December 22 - Dar es Salaam

Quarter finals

17 December 2007	Sudan	2 - 1	Tanzania	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Abdelhameed Amarri  10',  35'	Report	Danny Mrwanda  25'

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17 December 2007	Burundi	2 - 1	Eritrea	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Claude Nahimana  69' Alain Ndizeye  80'	Report	Berhane Aregaye  4'

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18 December 2007	Uganda	1 - 1	Kenya	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Ceasar Okuti  23'	Report	Allan Wanga  75'

Uganda won 4-2 on Penalties

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18 December 2007	Zanzibar	0 - 0	Rwanda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report

Rwanda won 5-4 on Penalties

Semi finals

19 December 2007	Sudan	2 - 1	Burundi	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Sef Masawi  2' Abdelhameed Amarri  45'	Report	Claude Nahimana  12'

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20 December 2007	Uganda	0 - 1	Rwanda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report	Andrew Mwesigwa  118' (o.g.)

Third Place Playoff

22 December 2007	Burundi	0 - 2	Uganda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
		Report	Hamisi Kitagenda

Final

22 December 2007	Sudan	2 - 2 aet	Rwanda	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Abdelhameed Amarri Mudathir El Tahir  46'	Report	Haruna Niyonzima  48' Abed Mulenda  59'

Sudan won 4-2 on Penalties

CECAFA Cup 2007 Winners
Sudan Third title

Top goalscorers

Nation	Player Name	Goals Scored
Sudan	Abdelhamid Amari	6
Rwanda	Labama Bokota	4
Uganda	Hamis Kitagenda	3
Eritrea	Berhane Aregaye	3
Kenya	Allan Wanga	3
Rwanda	Olivier Karekezi	2
Uganda	Ronald Maganga	2
Tanzania	Danny Mrwanda	2
Burundi	Claude Nahimana	2
Rwanda	Haruna Niyonzima	2
Eritrea	Elmon Temekribon	2
Uganda	Danny Wagaluka	2

External links

• Goal updates
• BBC's African Football Site, includes reports from the tournament.